SOLD: Beautiful Happyzine

I’ve just spent a glorious morning at the HANDS market mingling with my people.  Or my ‘peeps’ as some would say.  We were crammed in to the Kotinga Hall, a humble little community hall up located up a dirt road that only locals would know about.  Yep, we were squashed, sardine style into a throng of eager trade.  HANDS style.

I was HANDS rich after running some Positive Writing courses and so went on an eager spending spree.  I was keen to know what sort of stuff I could buy that would support my family’s day to day existence.  Food being the most obvious.  And I was pleasantly surprised.  Would you like to know what I bought?  Well … OK, seeing I can hear you insisting …

1  Wooden lunch box – very funky, highly recommended for every child, might sell them on Happyzine

2 small bottles of essential oils (the good stuff) – cinnamon and lavender – was very excited to purchase these using HANDS

3 jars of good old fashioned home made chutney – tamarillo, tomato and kiwi fruit – these would usually cost around ten dollars in shops

1 bottle of tomato sauce – we go through heaps of tomato sauce, my son loves it

1 punnet of cows feta –  will be good for pizza

5 gluten free shortbread cookies – which my son took a shine to, and is also good because I have gluten free family coming to stay tonight

1 CD – the musician who made this album got it printed and then never sold it, so today his wife was on a ‘buy my husband’s album’ rampage – I have yet to listen to it, though it came with great reviews from random passer-byers and also it only cost three HANDS (one HAND is roughly equivalent to one Kiwi dollar)

1 bag of lush mandarins – always very useful for lunches

1 bracelet – made of crystals that are said to be sleep promoting, useful for me at the moment

1 hat – a styli woolen one with a cap

24 eggs – gotta buy up big when they’re free range and they’re five HANDS per dozen.  Funny moment that accompanied the purchase of these eggs: the owner checked out the dates on each box and said ‘oh that batch aren’t vegetarian, that was the day a mouse got in there and one of them ate it whole’.  It was kinda funny at the time.

4 pieces of coconut ice – which sent all who ate it flying up into the distant stratosphere due to sugar highs

Yep.  I walked in there empty handed and left with two huge, bulging bags and one over-it child.  Ahhh, it was just gorgeous.  I must say I’m getting used to it now, but it took a little adjusting after the relative anonymity of Nelson.  Being in the old Kotinga Hall, when it’s packed full of people I know, was a lot for the senses to handle.  But my son’s adjusting to it and so am I.  It felt like being at a party!  And I was drunk on my instant social life.

Today’s rating: 10/10

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